Oh wow, it’s a shame they smell so bad because they look amazing!
PretentiousPepperoni
Patrick from spongebob
Random_green_cat
Mine recently flowered and I only discovered it three days later after I couldn’t get rid of that funky smell in the house… out on the balcony she went
SolarAmoeba
They honestly scare me. Too much Stranger Things probably. 😂
Art3mis77
That is the most alien looking plant I’ve ever seen. It’s so cool!!
CerealUnaliver
Your caption gave me a good laugh like for real. I also sympathize w/ the dilemma.
PrimevalForestGnome
This looks awesome! I’m going to have one in upcoming weeks, too. Purple and hairy, though, and the smell is tolerable if you can keep the plant further away.
At least you have pictures of it. So cool looking! Totally understand why you’d have to get rid of it though. Do you think it will stop smelling when it is desiccated?
100_emoji_
Looks like Orbea Variegata- a stapeliad but not of the Stapelia genus
This is one of the two blooms (so far) of the year. The heat blasted two buds. When we left for the weekend, there were 4 buds starting. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Mygrlprl
It’s stunning!
wolv645
Ok but what do you have against cats and their breath
Donaldjoh
Do you have any idea which species that is? The flower resembles Stapelia variegata (which I believe is now Orbea variegata), which I have had since 1969. Mine blooms and the flower has an unpleasant odor but it is not pervasive, so doesn’t stink up the house (unlike the actual cats). Congratulations on getting it to bloom.
GrandStep3
That flower is wild, it looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. Hard to believe a plant can grow blooms that patterned, Id be staring at it all day if it were in my house.
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Oh wow, it’s a shame they smell so bad because they look amazing!
Patrick from spongebob
Mine recently flowered and I only discovered it three days later after I couldn’t get rid of that funky smell in the house… out on the balcony she went
They honestly scare me. Too much Stranger Things probably. 😂
That is the most alien looking plant I’ve ever seen. It’s so cool!!
Your caption gave me a good laugh like for real. I also sympathize w/ the dilemma.
This looks awesome! I’m going to have one in upcoming weeks, too. Purple and hairy, though, and the smell is tolerable if you can keep the plant further away.
https://preview.redd.it/5jl7y9id66pf1.jpeg?width=1243&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e34a8ce43f8709a6d556c72818821d1bcc25a08a
It is stunning.
At least you have pictures of it. So cool looking! Totally understand why you’d have to get rid of it though. Do you think it will stop smelling when it is desiccated?
Looks like Orbea Variegata- a stapeliad but not of the Stapelia genus
I don’t see the problem lol
Gotta attract those bugs some how
I keep mine on our patio under the overhang.
https://preview.redd.it/npvharefs6pf1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e1db1701b0d82173bd661d080b3a08205c6e02c
This is one of the two blooms (so far) of the year. The heat blasted two buds. When we left for the weekend, there were 4 buds starting. Keeping my fingers crossed.
It’s stunning!
Ok but what do you have against cats and their breath
Do you have any idea which species that is? The flower resembles Stapelia variegata (which I believe is now Orbea variegata), which I have had since 1969. Mine blooms and the flower has an unpleasant odor but it is not pervasive, so doesn’t stink up the house (unlike the actual cats). Congratulations on getting it to bloom.
That flower is wild, it looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. Hard to believe a plant can grow blooms that patterned, Id be staring at it all day if it were in my house.